{"id":395300,"date":"2017-06-12T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/12\/kenyan-side-gor-mahia-to-play-everton-in-friendly\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T14:12:23","slug":"kenyan-side-gor-mahia-to-play-everton-in-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/12\/kenyan-side-gor-mahia-to-play-everton-in-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan side Gor Mahia to play Everton in friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The chairman of Kenyan club Gor Mahia, who will be Everton\u2019s opponents on their ground-breaking trip to Tanzania, has declared: \u201cWe\u2019re not underdogs!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Everton travel to the 60,000 capacity National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on July 13 where they will take on Gor Mahia, from Nairobi, the capital city of neighbouring Kenya, who won an eight-team competition to win their right to face the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Gor Mahia secured the prestigious date with an emphatic 3-0 victory on Sunday over their local rivals AFC Leopards to lift the SportPesa Super Cup at Uhuru Stadium where former Goodison favourite and current Club Ambassador Graham Stuart was a special guest.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Their chairman Ambrose Rachier told Nairobi News: \u201cI have just seen the Tweet from Everton.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to play them. It will be a great and historic event and we are looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease tell the world that Gor Mahia are not underdogs heading into that match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The trip is part of Everton\u2019s new record-breaking shirt sponsorship deal with African gaming company SportPesa and will be the Blues first visit to Sub Saharan Africa after two fixtures in the Maghreb \u2013 in Morocco and Libya \u2013 before a match in Egypt, all in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia captain Haron Shakava believes that his side will be representing their entire continent in the historic encounter in which Everton will become the first Premier League club to play in East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan international said: \u201cThat\u2019s a motivation for us \u2013 if a lot of fans come to watch, the players will know it\u2019s a big match and they will pull up their socks.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope the fans will come out to watch because we are representing Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old defender added: \u201cThe match against Everton will be tough but I give thanks to my team-mates for how they worked through the whole tournament \u2013 we participated and competed well.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be motivated for the game and we will train hard and focus a lot because we know it will not be easy.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying against better teams will help us develop but we will look forward to it because we are champions.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a strong team and strong players with a good mentality. 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